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eucolight workshop_non compliant online sellers

7 September 2018

Online Sales of Non-Compliant Products – EucoLight Workshop brings together leading European Associations to highlight the scale of the problem

EucoLight, the European WEEE lighting trade association, is hosting a half day workshop on 17 Oct in Brussels to discuss the scale of the online non-compliance problem. Speakers from leading European Associations will share experiences, including WEEE freeriding, VAT non-payment, and non-compliance with safety standards....

By Recolight

31 August 2018

Recolight celebrates 300 Million recycling milestone by launching extended service offering

Recolight, the UK’s leading lighting WEEE compliance scheme has announced a major milestone having funded the recycling of 300 million fluorescent & LED lamps and luminaires since the WEEE regulations were implemented in 2007. This is enough waste to fill the Royal Albert Hall ten...

By Recolight

23 July 2018

Recolight welcomes Defra move to put Extended Producer Responsibility at heart of waste strategy

Recolight welcomes signals that Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) will feature heavily in Defra’s forthcoming Resources and Waste Strategy. EPR regimes make producers of new product responsible for the recycling of their products when they become waste. There are currently four EPR regimes in the UK –...

By Recolight

6 July 2018

OECD report confirms the large scale of WEEE non-compliance through online marketplaces

EucoLight has welcomed OECD report on ‘Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) and the impact of online sales’, to which EucoLight members contributed. Recognition of the online WEEE non-compliance challenge, (free-riding), faced by Producer Compliance Schemes is a vital first step to addressing the problem. EucoLight endorses the...

By Recolight

design principles for extended producer responsibility_Parliamentary Sustainability Group event 19 July

3 July 2018

Nigel Harvey to present at Parliamentary Sustainability Group event: Key principles of Extended Producer Responsibility

Recolight CEO Nigel Harvey will present at a meeting of the All Party Sustainable Resource Group on 19 July. The discussions will feed into UK strategy on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR). There are already EPR systems in the UK covering WEEE, batteries, and packaging. But Government...

By Recolight

22 June 2018

EcoAlly shows commitment to recycling lighting

Supplying high-efficiency LED luminaires to trade, retail and consumer markets, EcoAlly is always looking for ways to support environmental friendly products. Sustainability is at the heart of their operations. The UK based Research and Development team are committed towards innovation and improvement of all LED light...

By Recolight

15 June 2018

EucoLight congratulates EU publication of Circular Economy Package and inclusion of minimum requirements for Extended Producer Responsibility

On 14 June 2018, the Official Journal of the European Union published the EU Waste legislative package. This revises the Waste Framework Directive, the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive and other directives. EucoLight, the European Association of lighting WEEE Compliance schemes warmly welcomes the...

By Recolight

18 May 2018

Government announces WEEE regulations decisions and signals move to tackle non-compliance of online marketplaces

The Government has published a summary of the responses they received to their recent WEEE regulations consultation – and indicated some of the actions they intend to take. 14 WEEE categories retained The announcement confirms that the current 14 WEEE categories will be retained for reporting purposes. ...

By Recolight

2 May 2018

Martin de Jager appointed Chair of Recolight board of directors

Recolight, the leading UK WEEE compliance scheme for the lighting industry, is pleased to announce the appointment of a new Chair. Martin de Jager, International Board Member of Philips Lighting has been a director of Recolight Ltd for the last two years. Martin has been in...

By Recolight

24 April 2018

2018 Conference reconfirms EucoLight commitment to making the Circular Economy a reality for lighting

18 lighting WEEE compliance schemes meet for EucoLight annual conference The third EucoLight Conference at Sassenheim, the Netherlands, gathered 70 delegates from the community of producers’ responsibility organisations for lighting. Latest developments in collection and treatment of end-of-life lighting products were discussed, as the transition towards...

By Recolight

Press Releases

Online Sales of Non-Compliant Products – EucoLight Workshop brings together leading European Associations to highlight the scale of the problem

Recolight celebrates 300 Million recycling milestone by launching extended service offering

Recolight welcomes Defra move to put Extended Producer Responsibility at heart of waste strategy

OECD report confirms the large scale of WEEE non-compliance through online marketplaces

Nigel Harvey to present at Parliamentary Sustainability Group event: Key principles of Extended Producer Responsibility

EcoAlly shows commitment to recycling lighting

EucoLight congratulates EU publication of Circular Economy Package and inclusion of minimum requirements for Extended Producer Responsibility

Government announces WEEE regulations decisions and signals move to tackle non-compliance of online marketplaces

Martin de Jager appointed Chair of Recolight board of directors

2018 Conference reconfirms EucoLight commitment to making the Circular Economy a reality for lighting

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